Post Office

Area communities fighting to save their post officesJoplin GlobeSoon, the post office may go, too, one of 134 in Kansas and 167 in Missouri identified for possible closure by the US Postal Service as part of a cost-cutting effort. Faced with a deficit estimated at $10 billion, the postal service …

The next stage in the Government’s plans for the Royal Mail have been unveiled with proposals to move the Post Office into mutual ownership. Sub postmasters, customers and communities could be given a say in how the Post Office arm of the network is run, including the appointment of directors. …

Middletown, Hamilton offices should survive US Postal Service cutsMiddletown JournalThe US Postal Service stands on the verge of default and thousands of jobs across the country are in peril. But Victor Dubina, a spokesman for the post office's Cincinnati district …and more » More: continued here

Davey pushes banks on post officesThe Press AssociationA trade minister has told customers of two major banks who refuse to allow them access to their cash via post offices to consider closing their accounts. Liberal Democrat Ed Davey sharply criticised HSBC and Santander for being the only remaining major …and …

shropshirestar.com Davey pushes banks on post officesshropshirestar.comA trade minister has told customers of two major banks who refuse to allow them access to their cash via post offices to consider closing their accounts. Liberal Democrat Ed Davey sharply criticised HSBC and Santander for being the only remaining major …and more » …

EDITORIAL: Enivisioning a post-post office realityPittsburg Morning SunFor instance, it can't close post offices for solely economic reasons. On a local note, there are several area post offices chosen for a study for potential closure, based on revenues and workload. Those cities include Hepler and Arcadia, Frontenac and … More: …

The Otago Museum has won a reprieve from a looming deadline by which it was supposed to refurbish and reopen the 133-year-old former post office building next door. read more More: continued here

share: digg facebook twitter At Hastings Store in West Danville, Vt., co-owner Garey Larrabee is also the postmaster and cook, running a full-service post office and cooking up old-fashioned doughnuts for the regulars who come in to catch up on gossip and pick up mail, lingering around the wall of …

Otago Daily Times Museum wins reprieve over old post officeOtago Daily TimesThe Otago Museum has won a reprieve from a looming deadline by which it was supposed to refurbish and reopen the 133-year-old former post office building next door. That was despite one Dunedin city councillor …and more » More: continued …

USA Today Report: NY assistant prosecutor doubled as paid fetishistUSA TodayA lawyer for the New York State Attorney General's Office has been suspended after the New York Post inquired about word that she was leading a double life as an S&M dominatrix. Alisha Smith, 36, had been working as a …